Diabetes

Accredited Centers of Excellence for Kids

When your child has diabetes, it can affect your whole family’s routines, schedules and meal planning. At Nemours, our diabetes care teams give you the tools, personalized care, education and support your family needs to manage your child’s condition. As Accredited Centers of Excellence by the American Diabetes Association, we’re here to help you and your family understand the condition and provide the guidance you need to manage your child’s diabetes as they grow.

Services We Offer for Diabetes in Kids

Our Nemours board-certified pediatric endocrinologists are specially trained in treating type 1 diabetes (sometimes called “juvenile diabetes”) — the most common condition we treat. We also see kids with type 2 diabetes and maturity onset diabetes of youth (MODY), a rare genetic form of the disease.

Our full diabetes services, which may vary depending on the condition or location, may include:

insulin pump therapy and education (required classes on starting and using pump therapy)

nutrition assessment and therapy (education led by registered dietitians on food and drink choices to help manage diabetes)

transitioning teens with diabetes (so they can advocate for themselves and manage their own care)

Why Choose Us for Diabetes Care

At Nemours, we take a team approach to caring for diabetes in children. That means (depending on the location) your child may see board-certified doctors, nurse practitioners, dietitians, social workers, psychologists, diabetes educators and nurses who specialize in treating diabetes in kids. We work together to create a personalized treatment plan designed just for your child.

Our diabetes doctors, care teams and researchers are also working to reverse the rise in type 2 diabetes — and to prevent childhood obesity. We want to help families make healthy lifestyle and nutrition choices by giving families information in the communities we serve.

Nemours also participates in type 1 diabetes TrialNet, an international network of researchers exploring ways to prevent, delay and research the condition. We’re also involved in groundbreaking research and testing to improve the lives of some of the youngest children with diabetes.